Can a single pellet stove heat an entire house? I'm going to provide the actual degrees of indoor rooms vs. outdoor temperatures heating with just a pellet stove.

Many things will skew results in each home. Floor plan, types of insulation, windows and basement type will be the largest factors along with the size and placement of the pellet stove.

Room Set Up

Lets Start with a floor plan of the house. 1970's cape, 3 bedrooms, 1 bath, 1,200sq feet with a full unfinished concrete basement. The first floor is an open concept kitchen, living room and dinning room with one bedroom/office downstairs. Two bedrooms are located upstairs off to the left and right at the top of stairs.. The pellet stove is located in the dinning room corner.

Pellet Stove

The pellet stove is rated for 2,200sq which should be able to handle our 1200sq feet. Pellet stove's state this sq foot coverage as it were one large room, this is not the case for homes. Doors, hallways and stairs will create heat gaps keeping some places warmer than others.

Each room tested has doors open and the stove has been heating the house at least 12 ours prior. The heat setting on the pellet stove was set at 1. 9 being the highest setting.

Hardwood vs. Softwood Pellets

Hardwood burns hotter and creates more ash. Softwood burns at a lower temp and creates less ash.

I use the softwood at the beginning and end of the season to keep the house at a comfortable temp. During the very cold temps of 20 and below the hardwood is used.

As you can see from the inside vs. outside temperatures the pellet stove heated the whole house comfortably on a lower setting. The hardwood pellets made a huge difference with heat output. The cold nights 20 and blow the hardwood is used. Please share your home set up and if your pellet stove heats the entire house.

** Update: Colder weather dropped indoor temps a lot. Outside was 20 degrees and on a 5 heat scale the indoor temp was 62 primarily through the house.

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Pellet Stoves are cost efficient and utilize low power to heat up the entire room. I have a Pellet Stove in my house. It warm up the entire room within few minutes. The most amazing thing about these stoves is that they are portable so they can be fitted anywhere in the house.

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March 4, 2016 at 3:16 PM

I have a 3 bedroom cape with unfinishedBasement. 2 small bedrooms on first level 1 small bathroom midsize kitchen and dining room. Plus upstairs long opening space completely finished.Cana pellet stove heat my home.My furnace has giving up and I'm moving in a year or so .